Meet the team.
The Spectacle has been created by runners, for runners.
The Spectacle is the brainchild of a CEO and avid ultra runner, a couple of NZ Olympians, a world-class adventure racer, an elite sport administrator and marketing executive, and a current NZ representative runner and coach.
We all came to love running from different backgrounds and run at different levels, but what unites us is our love for the run.
The Team.
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Michael Cochrane
FOUNDER
Chief Executive
Mid-pack ultramarathon plodder
Nelsonian - born and raised -
Julian Matthews
FOUNDER
2016 Rio Olympian
World Championships representative
Commonwealth Games representative
Nelsonian - born and raised -
ANNIKA PFITZINGER
FOUNDER
NZ-representative
Coach -
NATHAN FA'AVAE
EVENT MANAGER
Seven-time adventure racing world champion
NZ Order of Merit for services to sport and community
Founder of Ten Events
Nelsonian - born and raised -
ADRIAN BLINCOE
ELITE PROGRAM DIRECTOR
NZ outdoor 5000m record holder
2008 Olympian
World Championships representative
Commonwealth Games representative -
KURT TYSON
PARTNERSHIP DIRECTOR
Elite sport administrator
Commercial executive
OUR PARTNERS
